Car Rides & Road Trips: Baby Einstein
Results 1-10 from 267 articles
How to Handle a 10-Month Old on a Long Car Trip??
Asked by C.H. from Columbus
on June 16, 2009
-
Hi all - we are taking our first trip with our 10-month old to Myrtle Beach in a few weeks, and I'm getting anxious about the long car trip. It's 11 hours total, and ...
Answers
- Hi C., I remember responding to a similar question not long ago, so you might find something more in the archives. We did both the night-time drive and the "leav...
- We just drove from Ohio and Illinois with our 10 month old. We drove late at night there and let her sleep through the trip. For the trip back we gave her puffs in a...
- We always traveled the bulk of the drive through the night. Our kids would sleep,one of us would try to sleep, and the other drive. In the morning we would try to find...
Car Trip with Just 1 Year Old
Asked by S.E. from Cleveland
on April 17, 2008
-
I am taking a 4 hour car trip with my two boys, ages almost 4 and just turned 1. The big boy is easy. He colors and has a little computer and can keep happy just fin...
Answers
- Can you leave really early? If you get him out of bed and put him directly into the car, maybe he will sleep most of the way. That way you won't have to entertain hi...
- S., Just about any toy that's NEW. Don't let him even see it until the trip so that he can spend his time trying to figure it out. I'd suggest a jigsaw puzzle - o...
- I have a one year old daughter and we frequently have to travel 4 hours to see my in-laws. We take a portable dvd player with us and her favorite veggie tales and bab...
Road Trip
Asked by E.L. from Medford
on February 13, 2009
-
Hey moms I am talking a road trip with my 16 month old son, who loves to move, we are going to be traveling around his nap times, but we will be in the car when he is ...
Answers
- We traveled from D.C. to Washington State when my son was that age and one of the best things we ever bought was a soft tray so that he could have cars and trains to p...
- Hi, new toys never worked on my son (on the plane or in the car...). I tried it several times :). I bring his favorite snacks (although am always little nervous in th...
- We take a lot of road trips with our son who is 17 months and of course we always bring toys and snacks but the best thing I have found that keeps him occupied the lon...
10 Hour Car Trip
Asked by B.S. from St. Louis
on September 19, 2007
-
I am hoping someone out there has an idea on how to occupy a 17 month old on a 10 hour car ride. I have already thought of driving through the night. Fortunately I w...
Answers
- I can relate to your dilema. Our family lives in Oklahoma, eight hours away. I load up my almost two year old and my six year old with books, DVD players one for eac...
- hi, we just took our 5 kids to san antonio. it was a 14 hour trip and our kids are 2,5,8,9,and 11. we brought dvd players, nintendos, ipods, and a whole bag of things ...
- Hi B., I have several years of experience with long drives (17-20 hours, over 2 days) with toddlers. Here's some of what has worked for us: 1) Take LOTS of brea...
How to Encourage Sleep in a 9 Month Old (Benedryl Doesn't Work) on a Car Trip
Asked by B.F. from Denver
on July 30, 2009
-
We are going on a 16 hour road trip with our 9 month old son. Our doctor told us to give him Benedryl one time when he had an ear infection and had to fly and it didn...
Answers
- Try to schedule your travel time around his sleep schedule. Travel when he usually naps/sleeps. Play soothing music on the radio. Give him a bottle of milk. Feed him...
- Um, I don't think that the baby is supposed to have Benedryl until they are four. I wanted to give my three year old some of that to see if it would clear up his exze...
- melatonin - you can buy it at whole food, vitamin cottage - recommended by my pediatrian - has worked absolute wonders!!!! my 3 yo get one mg vial & my 5 yo boys ge...
Keeping 14 Month Old Occupied on 10 Hour Car Trip
Asked by K. from Dallas
on December 5, 2005
-
Hi, Ladies.
I have a very active 14 month old boy. Over the holidays, we will be going to my parents house which will mean about 10 hours in the car.
I am looki...
Answers
- K., there are a few toys for a car seat usually in the baby section of stores,also get a lap tray some non toxic crayons and a coloring book, even if the baby can't co...
- A portable DVD-player. Worked fine with our 7 month old on a 20 hour trip by plane (3 flights and some downtime at the airports)
- K., I would recommend that you travel a portion of the trip either very early in the morning, or into the night, so that your 14 mo old sleeps during that time. We we...
Activities for Road Trip
Asked by A.L. from Richmond
on July 9, 2009
-
In a couple weeks, I will be traveling with my 3 1/2 year old and 2 year old in the car for a trip that is supposed to take 6 hours, but with stops, etc who knows how ...
Answers
- The things that entertain your kids are going ot be largely the same in the car as at home. I think the most important thing is stopping every couple of hours at ...
- if they like to draw you could use Aqua Doodle, the magnetic sketcher pads, or the Crayola Color Wonder products. All of these things are great for long road trips bec...
- Take a metal pan with sides and get dif kinds of magnets. The kids have fun with that and they dont slide off everywhere. You can also do Chalk and dark construction...
Making a Road Trip More Enjoyable
Asked by A.K. from Atlanta
on February 10, 2008
-
Every time we get into the car my son who is 20 months has almost temper tantrums. He knows that we have a screen and that his movies play in the car so that is part ...
Answers
- We travel alot because of my job and I have found that the magna doodles are wonderful!!! They come in travel sizes. Our kids love those.:) We also have the dvd player...
- Your 20 month old my be just to young for that long of a trip. We had to drive from NC to Alaska when my olest and at the time only child was 3 1/2. That was hard enou...
- When we take road trips with our daughter we make sure we have time to stop more frequently to get out and stretch and walk around. This was great for stimulating the ...
Long Road Trip!!
Asked by A.M. from San Diego
on May 29, 2007
-
Hello fellow moms, My husband and I are going on a road trip with our 23 month old very active boy. I am looking for ideas to keep him occupied during the drive. He do...
Answers
- I might get some flack for this one but I know well how a toddler can be on a long roadtrip - my husband and I recently took our 18 month old on a drive to Las Vegas w...
- I would drive with my daughter from New Mexico to California every 6 months before moving back to California in 2005. If i could I would travel at night to avoid the f...
- Hi I am K. - i have a 3 yo daughter who is very active also. We take a portable DVD player w/ movies & her favorite CD's and play thise in the car. I also take t...
First Road Trip with Twins
Asked by E.B. from Sacramento
on November 7, 2007
-
Hello, we will be talking our first long distance road trip to visit both sets of grandparents this Thanksgiving. Neither set of grandparents have any infant/toddler ...
Answers
- I take a pack n play, an unbrella stroller, and blankets. My oldest has a quilt he's had for two years. It goes everywhere; everytime we travel. It helps him have a...
- I don't have twins but I have 2 girls & we fly a lot. I tried to glance through the suggestions & I don't think I saw this. My mom has bought a lot of baby stuff off...
- I have 21/2 year old G/B twins. It's soooo easy to travel when they're as little as yours. Those buckets are a wonderful. I would only take one pack and play, the stro...
